
Overall Impression: If you love deck-building games, card games, and art with an incredibly unique style then Ascension: Deck Building Game is ready for you on iOS. The music doesn’t pull you out of the experience, the jarring screams of the cultists can be turned off, and the game prevents cheating! It highlights all the things you can do but doesn’t tell you what the best order of operations is. Ascension is exactly what it says it is, a deck-building game, and performs its job wonderfully. If you want a Final Fantasy story, buy Final Fantasy XV. Pros and Cons: Ascension: Deck Building Game has a small background story, but it’s all flavor text for the beautiful deck-building mechanics and gameplay. The more players you have, the more Honor you can add to increase the game length. You can control how much Honor (victory points) it takes for a game to reach its conclusion. Time: You can play Ascension: Deck Building Game as much as you want! There are no energy bars or daily limits. Something about seeing a game always draws people in and removing the game from their sight creates boredom. Pass and play is always difficult to do if you want to keep people interested so I generally leave the tablet on the table, everyone can see each turn to prevent boredom. The game still works with newer iOS updates and is perfect for killing boredom.

No two games will be the same since your options and resources will always differ based on the available cards and the choices you make to build your deck. Ascension’s strength lies in its replayability. I didn’t even need the bundle to enjoy this well-made game. I’ve played multiple hours, bought the $4.99 bundle and never regretted the purchase. If you and your children can handle most Magic the Gathering or the Lord of the Rings monster card art, then you can certainly play Ascension: Deck Building Game on iOS (Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a physical card game too).Īscension: Deck Building Game is an enjoyable deck-building game originally crafted in the real world by Stoneblade Entertainment. You’ll get used to the sounds in time, or you can turn them off from the options menu. Cetra isn’t wearing much, and Ozziah makes a mess out of a dragon. The game will probably be 12+ to some parents for some of its racier artwork, the monsters, and the somewhat startling sound effects. Well, unless you count the echoing cultists’ screams in your eardrums as you send them into the void. There is no real violence, it’s a card game. Ascension: Deck Building Game is rated 9+ for Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence and Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes. I recommend the bundle! There are no ads or other ways to earn expansions. The game does have in-app purchases up to $4.99. You don’t need an internet connection to play unless you want to face real people who aren’t sitting next to you.
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Ascension also includes offline pass and play multiplayer. Ascension: Deck Building Game is a deck building card game playable offline with AI.

I’m not being paid to write this blog, and it contains information based on my opinions from playing Ascension: Deck Building Game on iOS. At level 20, all cards and heroes will be unlocked in multiplayer mode.Hello, dear reader, I hope you’re having a good day. Additionally, heroes need to be unlocked in multiplayer, so other characters have to be used for a couple of matches before Vega becomes available. However, in multiplayer mode, players need to level up by completing matches, and the rewards aren't specific to the hero they're using. In the campaign, the main quests need to be completed to unlock cards for the hero being used.

The available cards for each hero are the same in the campaign and multiplayer modes for HEROish, but they're unlocked in different ways. Due to Vega's high attack stat, and her average Mana regeneration, the best deck for this hero is offense-focused and creates the opportunity to build a large army. Although Spiderbait rides on top of another creature, Vega is the only hero that has an ally who attacks separately and doesn't need to be summoned initially. Vega is a unique Assassin character in HEROish that's joined by her wolf companion, Ajax.
